The new year actually began (for some) at 10:00 GMT (12:00, Romania time), on Wednesday, on Kiritimati Atoll in the Pacific - also known as Christmas Island - and ended about 1,300 miles away, on Baker Island, at 12:00 GMT (14:00), on Thursday.
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